Single Mom Week

I have got to start out by giving so many praises to all the single parents out there, it is not an easy task and this Momma had one hell of a week!
You know it started out like any other week, shrills from a 4yo!  Typical Monday around our house, a 4yo that is not happy about anything.  Then after A LOT of talking and bribing we finally made it thru the morning and the night, on to Tuesday which actually was a good day by all.  Darcy was even sleeping well and only getting up once at this point...I thought I had hit the jackpot! 
Now, Wednesday is where it all starts going downhill.  Darcy decided to get sick in her car seat on the way home from daycare, so I had to get her bathed and her car seat lining washed, along with dinner for Ruby.  After the bath Darcy decided she wanted to choke on her mucus a few times (and by choking I mean stop breathing) which led to me being super paranoid and then inevitably led to me worrying there was something wrong with the shunt and not just her having a horrible cough/cold.  So, what do I do...I call my amazing friends (the Saunders) and have them rush over to help watch Ruby while I ran Darcy to the ER!  Yes, you read it right, I took Darcy to the ER.  (I also have to thank the Herbsters for answering my phone calls all week and dealing with me while Eric was gone.)
Now let me pause in the middle of my story to tell you a little about what the ER entailed!  The last time I was in the ER I had Eric with me and we were toting around a 6 month old baby (Febrile Seizures at 3 am with chicken pox), in the middle of the summer.  So needless to say I don't remember much about the ER.  This time it was just me so I was totally checking out our surroundings and trying to make sure we weren't walking into something dangerous.  First, the smell drew me back to my college years, walking into a Fraternity house...or better yet just a college apartment building.  The smell of alcohol and just pure grossness.  The waiting area was full, I stood and put Darcy on the open chair farthest from the crowd.  We got called back and I gave a huge praise to the nurse, said I don't know how they do it and she reminded me that because the weather was bad they get all sorts of people.
Ok, now back to the real story.  They looked over Darcy, gave her an x-ray, ran a few tests, and basically said that the breathing complications and coughing was all due to congestion and a cold.  Obviously I was a paranoid Mom to them... oh well.  We make it back home around 11 pm, and we all get to bed shortly around Midnight.  Thursday morning was definitely going to be a late start.  Thursday starts out good, except for the late start but we make it thru the entire day with no calls from daycare and I didn't pass out at work from exhaustion, but then the real fun begins Thursday night.  Darcy decides she wants to get the same crud Ruby had last week and starts to vomit about every hour from Midnight to about 7 am.  This was no fun for anyone, I think Ruby managed to sleep thru most of it but poor Darcy didn't get much rest at all.  Luckily we had already scheduled Doctor appointments for Friday morning for both girls; Darcy's head Doctor (as Ruby calls them) and then both girls with the Pediatrician.
Darcy's Neurologist appointment went great, they said she looked good and they were happy with the level that the shunt was on so they pushed her out for 2 months instead of next month, sounds positive to me!  The Pediatrician looked over Darcy and read back all the test results from the ER and they were negative so he basically just said that she had the little flu sister had and she has a horrible cold.  Ruby's appointment was for an age physical and vaccines.  Ruby is doing great, other than being extremely smart he said she is skinny and short! :-)
Then the most anticipated event all week, the arrival of Daddy!!! We all made the trip to the airport, even if it was 9:45 pm, we were all so excited and wanted to pick him up and see him for ourselves!
Let's just say, if another Single Mom week has to happen again I will be fully prepared for anything!